Eye and loop for anchor rods



April 25, 1933. w. G. MlLNE ET AL 1,905,966

EYE AND LOOP FOR ANCHOR RODS Filed Feb. 24, 1931 Patented Apr. 25, 1933 UNITED STATES w'mronn emns'ronn MILNE AND wrrnnn'r NELSON nnrrorr, or HAMILTON,

ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNORS TO N. SLATER COMPA CANADA, A. COMPANY OF CANADA NY,- or HAMILTON, ONTARIO,

EYE AND Loor Fort ANCHOR sons Application 'filed February Our invention relates to improvements in eyes and loops for anchor rods and the like, and is particularly directed towards the type of connection in which the guy wire passes through an eye in the end of the anchor rod, passing over a loop which extends through such eye.

The object of our invention is to so constructthe loop that it does not become distorted under the tightening strain in drawing the guy wire taut, and a further object of our invention is to so design the rod eye that it is capable of carrying a plurality of'loops for the reception of guy wires, the particular construction of the eye permitting the insertion of a second loop and guy wire after the first guy wire has been drawn taut.

In the standard eye and loop constructions the loop over which the guy wire passes positions itself substantially centrally of the head of the loop after the guy wire has been tightened, the position of the loop in the eye prevents a second loop from being properly positioned within the eye for the reception of a second guy wire, and furthermore as the standard loops have a smooth unbroken surface upon their inner faces and are necessarily open at one end so that they can be passed through the eye, such loops very frequently become badly distorted causing injury to the guy wires as the wires are pulled over the loops during the tightening operation. Our invention is particularly designed to overcome these defects in the standard eyes and loops.

Our invention consists of an eye and loop constructed and arranged all as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of our eye formed upon a fragmentary portion of an anchor rod.

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing a loop and guy wire passing through such eye, a pair of loops and guy wires being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of our loop having a guy wire passing therearound, together with a fragmentary portion of the eye 50 through which such loop passes.

24, 1931; Serial 1%.517358. f

Fig. l is agperspectiveview'of'our loop. Likecharacters of reference indicate' corresponding parts in the different views injthe drawing.

, Theeyel formed upon the end of the rod 2 is designed to receive one or more loops 3 over which the guy wires pass,the loops 3 be-. ingfurnished as in 'standardpractice to prevent the eye '1 from cutting the guy wire 4, when such guy wire is being drawn taut '60 through the eye, and also to provide a large frictional surface which assists in retaining n he guy wiret against slippage after it is drawntaut and secured. Y

Instandard practice when thej'guy wire is' drawn oyer the loop in beingtightened, the loop which has a much larger area of frictional contact with the wire than with the eye, has-a tendency to slip around the; eye in the direction in which the wire'is being-'70 .drawn, which immediately causesits distor tion and veryfrequently a cutting contact between one ofits ends and the guy wire. In order to restrain the loop 3 from movement in the eyeduring the tightening of the guy wire we form our loopwith a pair of shoulders 5 which are positioned upon the inner face of the head of the loop and between which the head of the eye is containedj Upon referenceto Fig.3jit will be readily perceived that the, provision of these shoulders'will preventany possibility of the loops creeping during the tightening of the wire.

.In orderl'tolpermit our eye being used for the reception of a pair of loops and guy wires, more especially for the reception of a second loop and wire after the first wire has'been drawn taut, we furnish the head of our eye with a central projection or shoulder 6, thus, forming the. inner face of the head of the eye into two seats 7 and'8. Each of these seats is adapted to receive a loop 3 as illus-' trated in Fig. 2.

When the eye is used for the reception Of one guy wire such guy wire and loop Will be substantially in the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2, and if a second guy wire. and loop is inserted and drawn taut both guy wires and loops will be in substantially j'lo.)

the position illustrated in dotted lines in such figure.

It will be readily apparent that in the standard eye, where our shoulder 6 is not 5 furnished, that the first loop and guy wire will center itself in the head of the eye, thus preventing the proper insertion and tightening of a second guy wire without loosening the first, as such second loop cannot be properly seated in the head of the eye. i It will be also quite obvious that our eye can be designed in cases where so vrequired that three or more loopscan be received through the provision of a plurality of suit ably spaced apart shoulders or projections 6. From the foregoing description it will be apparent that we have devised a particularly simple and efficient type of eye-and loop con-- struction in which the loop will resist distort'ion when the guy wire is tightened, and

also in which the particular construction of our eye permits the ready insertion of a second loop and guy wire if so desired.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a connection of the character described, the combination'withan eye and a wire carrying loop of U shaped cross section adapted to be contained within the eye, of a pair of shoulders formed substantially centrally of the convex face of the loop and between which the eye is contained.

2. An eye and loop connection of the char- -'a'c'ter-desciibed comprising a wire receiving loop adapted to extend through. thereye, a pair of shoulders formed upon the inner face of the loop and between which the eye is contained and a projection extending from the head of the eye and against which the loop rests. I

v 3. An eye and loop connection-of the character described, comprising a wire receiving loop of U shaped cross section adapted to extend through the eye, a pair of shoulders formed substantially centrally of the convex face of the loop and between which the eye is contained, and a projection extending from the head of the eye and against which the loop rests. V

WINFORD GLADSTONE MILNE.

e507 WILBERT NELSON ELLIOTT. 

